Album 2 Pacific Islands, 1923 (Tanager Expedition), volume 1 : includes photographs of Wetmore, William G. Anderson, and Eric Schlemmer

by: Wetmore, Alexander, 1886-1978

Publication date: 1923

Topics: United States Navy, United States Dept. of Agriculture, Tanager (AM-5), Tanager Expedition (1923), Ornithology

Collection: sifieldbooks; biodiversity

Digitizing sponsor: Smithsonian Field Book Project

Contributor: Smithsonian Institution Archives

Language: English

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The photograph album documents Alexander Wetmore's participation in the Tanager Expedition, 1923, while working for the U.S. Department Agriculture (USDA), Bureau of Biological Survey. The expedition was conducted with the cooperation of the U.S. Navy, Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, and USDA. Photographs sometimes include numbers, date, and caption with description and location. Subject matter includes images of islands from offshore, portraits and candid images of crew members, offloading supplies and personnel to islands, camp sites, native ruins (including a Heiau), examples of island terrain and vegetation, examples of individual and groups of birds, portraits and candid images of expedition participants, collecting and processing specimens, examples of guano, and evidence of the effects of feather poachers. Some species documented, Boobies and Albatross, terns, and monk seals. Includes photographs of Wetmore, William G. Anderson, and Eric Schlemmer. Locations include the vicinity of Kaula, Nihoa, Neck, Johnston, Laysan Islands and French Frigate Shoals

Abstract: The photograph album documents Alexander Wetmore"s participation in the Tanager Expedition, 1923, while working for the U.S. Department Agriculture (USDA), Bureau of Biological Survey. The expedition was conducted with the cooperation of the U.S. Navy, Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, and USDA. Photographs sometimes include numbers, date, and caption with description and location. Subject matter includes images of islands from offshore, portraits and candid images of crew members, offloading supplies and personnel to islands, camp sites, native ruins (including a Heiau), examples of island terrain and vegetation, examples of individual and groups of birds, portraits and candid images of expedition participants, collecting and processing specimens, examples of guano, and evidence of the effects of feather poachers. Some species documented, Boobies and Albatross, terns, and monk seals. Includes photographs of Wetmore, William G. Anderson, and Eric Schlemmer. Locations include the vicinity of Kaula, Nihoa, Neck, Johnston, Laysan Islands and French Frigate Shoals.